Admission requirements

All applicants must: 

• Possess an accredited diploma in Social Work; a diploma in Indigenous Social Work is preferred. Applicants with a non-Indigenous Social Work Diploma must have a strong Indigenous foundation in their practice, or other non-social work courses or degrees. 

• See details below to complete two applications required for this program:

 1. Complete the YTC application to generate you a student profile in our system.

2. The Department Head Shawn Meier needs your complete IBSW application package.

• Complete a General YTC Application form Online application form OR print this paper copy Application 2023/2024 
• You can email your application to admissions@ytced.ca
• OR you can mail your application to #303 10045 156St NW Edmonton, AB T5P2P7 
• OR come drop off your application with our receptionist in the library here at our College. We are located on the 3rd floor in the Orange Hub 10045 156 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5P 2P7. 
• AND
• Download the application package here:  APPLICATION PACKAGE INDIGENOUS BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK (IBSW) DEGREE PROGRAM. All applicants must complete this package and send the information to the Department Head Shawn Meier

• Program Admission Deadlines

• Because the Indigenous Bachelor of Social Work is cohort-based, we admit a group of students only once every two years. 

• The next intake is for Fall 2025. 

• For further information on this program, please contact: socialwork@ytced.ca

Courses offered in the Indigenous Bachelor of Social Work program: